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Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA6402 J-15 Flying Shark Aircraft Carrier Liaoning, 2017

True 1/72 scale.

Professionally painted.

Great attention to detail.

All markings are Tampoed (pad applied).

Option to display the model on a stand that is provided.

Model can be shown with the landing gear in the down or up positions.

Optional armament provided, ECM pods.

Canopy can be displayed open or closed.

Pilot figure included.

Extremely heavy metal with a minimum of plastic.

Highly collectable.

Shenyang Aircraft Corporation in cooperation with the 601 Institute for the Chinese PLAN aircraft carriers. In China the J-15 is known as the Flying Shark with a NATO designation of Flanker-X2. The J-15 has the same basic airframe design as the Su-33. When the jet entered service in 2015 it was compared to the U.S. Navy’s two-seat FA-18 Super Hornet fighter. In 2018 it was announced the J-15 would stop production for the J-15B.

The aircraft carrier Liaoning was originally being built as the aircraft cruiser Riga but was renamed Varyag in 1990. When the Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991 all work stopped on the bare bones ship and it was sold by Ukraine to China in 1998. The now named Liaoning, it was commissioned in 2012 and combat ready in 2016. Liaoning’s will embark 24 J-15s, this means that China is on its way to fielding its complement of carrier-borne fighters.

Shenyang J-15 Specifications First Flight - August 31, 2009 In Service - 2013 Crew - 1 - 2 Dimensions Length - 21.19 m (72 ft) Wingspan Down - 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in) Folded - 8.4 m (27.56 ft) Height - 5.9 m (19.42 ft)

Weights Empty - 175,000 kg (38,600 lb) Loaded - 27,000 kg (60,000 lb) Maximum Takeoff - 33,000 kg (72,752 lb)

Performance Powerplants - 2 X Modified WS-10 Variants Producing 132kN Each Maximum Speed - Mach 2.4 (2,940 kph 1,826 mph) Ferry Range - 3,500 km (2,175 miles)

Armament Cannon - 1 X 30 mm GSh-30-1 With 150 Rounds Munitions On 12 External Hardpoints 8 X PL-12 or R-77 And 4 X PL-9 Or R-73 Air-To-Air Missiles YJ-62 Or Kh-41 Anti-Ship Missiles YJ-91 Supersonic Anti-Ship Missiles ECM Pods Various Bombs And Rockets